Richard Masur

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

— Richard Masur

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what…

— Richard Masur

I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some…

— Richard Masur

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

— Richard Masur

After we did [All In The Family], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman [Lear]…

— Richard Masur

I did my first movie,a movie called Whiffs, which very few people ever saw.

— Richard Masur

I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business [movie business] without having to do something else…

— Richard Masur

People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the…

— Richard Masur

Very interesting show. It's "Hotel" with the E missing. Hot L Baltimore. It was about a rundown hotel which had become kind…

— Richard Masur

I'm one of the handful of survivors of the guys I came up with.

— Richard Masur

She [Susan Lucci] was extraordinary. She wouldn't look at the scene until you walked in to rehearse it. It was amazing to…

— Richard Masur

I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of…

— Richard Masur

I did Bored To Death with Jason [Schwartzman] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that…

— Richard Masur

I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even…

— Richard Masur

Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the…

— Richard Masur

The difference between deafness and any other disability is that there is no way to put yourself in a position of knowing…

— Richard Masur

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a…

— Richard Masur

In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had.

— Richard Masur

I would never ever, ever, ever, ever do it again [All My Children]. It was the scariest thing I've ever done. I…

— Richard Masur

I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time…

— Richard Masur

I used to be the youngest person on the set [of Bored To Death]. Now I'm very often the oldest person on…

— Richard Masur

I still to this day maintain that in that million-and-a-half feet of film [Heaven's Gate] that we shot, we thought we were…

— Richard Masur

No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role…

— Richard Masur

You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative…

— Richard Masur

I moved out to L.A. in July and Hot L Baltimore started in September or October. So I had done a few…

— Richard Masur